So someday you might need to create shortcut of or in your application programatically. Here is how you can do it: A shortcut is basically a LINK to the original file / executable that will be called when the link / shortcut is clicked. To create shortcut pro-grammatically, first you need add reference to Windows Script Host Object Model COM library in your project. Next add this using to your class - using IWshRuntimeLibrary; Next code snippet to create shortcut: var startupFolderPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop); var shell = new WshShell(); var shortCutLinkFilePath = Path.Combine(startupFolderPath, @"\CreateShortcutSample.lnk"); var windowsApplicationShortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortCutLinkFilePath); windowsApplicationShortcut.Description = "How to create short for application example"; windowsApplicationShortcut.WorkingDirectory = Application.StartupPath; windowsApplicationShortcut.TargetPath = Application.ExecutablePath; windowsApplicationShortcut.Save(); Using above code, I create shortcut on my user's desktop. First line gives me the path to the desktop of my user - using Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop. Next I » Read more